Assisted Lab is a research group based at University of St Gallen, Switzerland, with research affiliates in Canada, Northern Ireland, and the Netherlands, which investigates the cultural productions –...

Assisted Lab is a research group based at University of St Gallen, Switzerland, with research affiliates in Canada, Northern Ireland, and the Netherlands, which investigates the cultural productions –...

Assisted Lab is a research group based at University of St Gallen, Switzerland, with research affiliates in Canada, Northern Ireland, and the Netherlands, which investigates the cultural productions –...

Assisted Lab is a research group based at University of St Gallen, Switzerland, with research affiliates in Canada, Northern Ireland, and the Netherlands, which investigates the cultural productions –...

In 2015, 14yo Valentina Maureira pleaded with Chile's president for the right to die, in a video that went viral, sparking debate in Chile and beyond.

Films and documentaries about assisted dying can narrow the frame of debate, write Anna Magdalena Elsner and Vanessa Rampton.

Blending folklore with the post-war reality of the 1950s, ‘Accabadora’ explores motherhood, invisible female labour, and the ethics of euthanasia.

When the poet Daniele Pieroni had a legal assisted suicide, his meditation on death known as ‘Trascolorare’ gained widespread circulation.

Assisted Lab is a research group based at University of St Gallen, Switzerland, with research affiliates in Canada, Northern Ireland, and the Netherlands, which investigates the cultural productions –...

In 2021, Florencia Salgueiro wrote a Twitter thread that would become a parliamentary record in Uruguay, leading up to the country's euthanasia reform.

Dr. Hourmann’s monologue invites the audience to become the jury he never had, after helping a 82-year-old woman die in Spain, in 2005.

Seeking a peaceful death, Gilda and Amadeu join Joy Transition International, in a comedy that starts in Portugal and ends in Spain, where a doctor is willing to bend bureaucracies.

Assisted Lab is a research group based at University of St Gallen, Switzerland, with research affiliates in Canada, Northern Ireland, and the Netherlands, which investigates the cultural productions –...

Deborah Ziegler’s book provides an intimate portrait of her daughter, activist Brittany Maynard, from childhood until her death. The book became somewhat controversial due to Brittany’s reported desir...

In this short video, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard shares her story of being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and of moving to Oregon to access assisted dying. By making this video, Brittany sought...

In this short text, Vincent Lambert’s former physician, Éric Kariger, shares his version of the events that led to the ‘Vincent Lambert affair’, a legal and media storm that followed the decision to w...

In an interview that went viral, Martha Sepúlveda talks with ease about her scheduled euthanasia, seeing no conflict between her decision & her faith.

Assisted Lab is a research group based at University of St Gallen, Switzerland, with research affiliates in Canada, Northern Ireland, and the Netherlands, which investigates the cultural productions –...

As Carmen chooses to end her life, assisted death is one of the novel’s topics; yet, readers and viewers of the film adaptation had more to say about Stijn’s behaviour and actions than Carmen’s.

This documentary follows the last months of Eelco de Gooijer, a 38-year-old Dutch man suffering from severe mental health problems who decides to end his life by euthanasia.

Dignity, autonomous choice, and the slippery slope

'Bis dass der Tod' by author and physician Jens Petersen, a fictional account of a ‘mercy killing,’ won the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize

The novel presents an ambivalent perspective on autonomy and dependency, but ultimately offers a distinctly positive view of assisted dying.

The film follows the last day of Rubén, an Ecuadorian immigrant living in NYC, who decides to forgo cancer treatment and end his life by midnight.

Feature film based on the real life of the Belgian activist Mario Verstraete.

A thoughtful review of a Swiss-based digital archive examining cultural dimensions of assisted dying debates.

This allegorical novel explores the economic, political, religious, and ethical questions that would be raised if, suddenly, people stopped dying.

This short documentary segment follows assisted dying campaigner and cancer patient Esther Richards in the days before her assisted death.

Through its intimate portrayal of how Neel and her family coped with her decision, ‘Epilogue’ encourages viewers to see euthanasia as a way to maintain dignity and comfort in one’s final moments.

Tom Naegels's novel provides a critical reflection of the criteria outlined in Belgian euthanasia law.

A collection of letters, poems, and essays, Sampedro’s memoir constitutes a philosophical treatise on the ethics of euthanasia.

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Drawing on his background as a mental health services researcher, Bill criticizes Canada’s approach to medical assistance in dying as contrary to efforts to prevent suicide.

When Bernard, who suffers from lung cancer, chooses to have an assisted death, his decision exacerbates tensions within his family, who gather on his final day.

German pop duo who last year said their wish was ‘to leave together’ had joint assisted death at their home in Grünwald

This short film Gina, by Wendell Cooke and Jeremy Macey, has been mentioned in New Zealand & Queensland parliaments and gained over 100,000 views before assisted dying was legalised in New Zealand.